HOT TOPIC: Human Rights in Aged Care, Health and Dementia Services

HOT TOPIC:Human Rights in Aged Care, Health and Dementia Services

Facilitator: Virginia Trioli, ABC News Breakfast

• Joseph Ibrahim, Monash University, VIC

• Marcus Riley, BallyCara & Global Ageing Network

• Kate Swaffer, Dementia Alliance International

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“Dementia receives the worst care of any disease in the developed world”.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s published report of the world’s 38 richest countries (OECD, 2015, Addressing Dementia: The OECD Report, Health Policy Studies, OECD

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“Safety is what we want for those we love; autonomy is what

we want for ourselves.”(Keren Wilson, 2013)

Secure dementia units = SEGREGATION

Health and aged care service use

Health and aged care service use